Musk recently said on social media that the Big Rocket Starship developed by SpaceX can launch up to 300 tons of payload.
Some netizens recently forwarded pictures on social media, compared the low-Earth orbit carrying capabilities of several well-known rockets and space shuttles, and commented that "the capabilities of starships are amazing." Musk then replied that in the same reference orbit as NASA's manned lunar rocket Saturn 5, "the optimized fully reusable starship has a carrying capacity of about 150 tons." In consumption mode, the starship payload is 250 tons - 300 tons. ”
Starships
SpaceX is developing the next generation of fully reusable transport systems, the Starship, to send humans and cargo to the moon, Mars and other deep space destinations. The starship consists of two parts, the first-class booster "Overweight" and the upper-level "Starship" spacecraft, with a total height of 120 meters, which is higher than nasa's Saturn V rocket (111 meters) that sent people to the moon.
Saturn V is a HEAVY LAUNCH VEHICLE built by NASA that was used in the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for launching the Skylab program. The first Saturn V was launched in 1967 with Apollo 4. In 1969, the Apollo 11 mission sent astronauts to the moon for the first time. Saturn V is 111 meters tall, equivalent to 36 stories tall, and can launch about 130 tons of payload into Earth orbit and about 50 tons to the moon.
Saturn V
The Space Launch System rocket (SLS), which NASA is developing, can launch a 95-ton payload into low-Earth orbit. NASA said the initial configuration of the SLS could send more than 27 tons of payload into lunar orbit, and future upgrades will enable the rocket to carry at least 46 tons. Once developed, SLS will allow astronauts to begin exploring destinations deep in the solar system.
SLS
Musk has said that the "overweight" booster will have 33 "Raptor" engines in the future. He estimates that to build a self-sufficient city on Mars, humans need to send about 1 million tons of supplies to Mars, and starships can do this, and the large rocket has a carrying capacity of more than 100 tons. After each launch, the "overweight" booster can return to the ground. The above-class "Starship" spacecraft also has a strong thrust and can travel to Mars and the Moon on its own.